task mngr processes (XP)

monoman

monoman

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hi,

in XP ive been trying to minimise the amount of processes running in my system, and ive heard that you should try to have no more than 20 or so processes, and can even minimise it to 13-14 if you want without the system failing. (i dont know how accurate these numbers are, its just what ive been told)

Im currently have around 32 background processes running, and want to know what can i afford to get rid of from the list, im sure not all of them are so important (also where there is a process that can be stopped, please can you tell me what it does as well?)

Mainly, what are all the ‘svchost’?

ok the list is attached:
processeste1.jpg


thanks for any help, monoman
 
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hi subtle,
i want to run a process scan from here:
http://www.processlibrary.com/processscan/
can i trust this software? ( i want to be really certain that software is safe when i download it, especially when its my computer settings)
please can you recommend if there is any better software than this. what software would you use on your computer to clean it up?

my freind gave me software called: 'winxp manager v4.8.5.1' which looks quite good, but i havent put it on yet, have you heard of this?

thansk again
 
I have 34 processes running which is quite normal. There is only two that I can see that is not needed in yours.

MDM.EXE That is Microsoft Machine Debug Manager
ALCMTR.EXE That is Realtek's information gatherer, definately have to go.

I would'nt rely on a scanner but would "Google" each process and read the information given.
 
http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/

Security Task Manager will tell you all the running processes, some that the windows task manager doesnt see or acknowledge.


there is also a program that i cant remember exactly but its something like prockilla if you cant stop processes in task manager.
 
hello tft,
ive got rid of the 'ALCMTR.exe' and no problems, please tell me what 'Microsoft Machine Debug Manager' is exactly: it sounds important :)

also i think that norton antivirus takes up alot of memory, but obviously, i need the antivirus software

also for 'commit charge' is that how much memory i am using out of my available memory? (e.g. so i have 2462MB in total? i thought i only had 1 gig memory??)
 
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Machine Debug Manager is if you use your machine for debugging, see link
http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/mdm.exe.html

Commit charge is the "maximum potential pagefile usage" this includes virtual memory so will be your real memory (1 gig) plus whatever it needs from your virtual memory setting. Windows will use whatever it needs so this figure will change.

I have Mcafee anti virus and this also takes up a lot of memory. Something we have to live with.:)
 
With any scaner it's good to double check what the scanner want to stop or delete.
Once after cleaning my registry and deleting everything what the software found without checking I had to reinstall my system. :)
 
hi,
well i wont run a process scan if it does that, i only just got my computer running!

in the link it says:
Mdm.exe is the Machine Debug Manager, which is used by the Windows NT Option Pack and Microsoft Developer Studio to provide application debugging. When Script Debugging is enabled for Internet Explorer 4.0, the debug manager is initialized whenever Internet Explorer 4.0 is started. The Machine Debug Manager runs as a service and is loaded when your computer starts. If you do not use your computer for debugging purposes, you can safely turn off the Machine Debug Manager
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what does this mean, 'using your computer for debugging purposes'? it sounds to me like this gets rid of bugs in th system, which is a good thing?

monoman
 
subtle said:
You can check all the processes for egz. here: http://www.processlibrary.com/
32 it's not that bad anyway...
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Wiping my tears of joy. This is what I needed. :) This answers my main question...for now....Can I end some processes?? I've been so frustrated with my pc that I'd love to shut it all down, but I don't think that would be very practical. ;)

Don't feel too bad, Monoman. My pc at home has about 42 processes running at the same time. My computer keeps getting slower and slower. I'm not an expert, but I do have to wonder if this is part of the problem. I guess the other part might be that I don't have a lot of memory on my computer (I got the basic when I got my Dell :o ...I don't use it for work purposes...just personal stuff).

I'm going to keep reading though. I have plenty of questions. lol Defrag issues will pop up somewhere I hope. :D
 
I have 80 processes -.-

Why do I have the same process running like 3-4 times?
:s
 
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Wow. So, do you have time to brew a pot of coffee and shower while your computer starts up, or do you just have a lot of memory on your pc? :D

Yeah. Good question about the multiple running processes. :confused: Makes no sense. I noticed it too. I wonder if you could set some of them to low priority and leave one high? And no I'm not going to try this without finding out more lol...I'm being a smarta$$...well, I did think about it though.:rolleyes: Just being honest.
 
Are you trying to improve performance? Do you not have much RAM? Is your system using a lot or resources? If not, I'd just let it be.
 
Yeah, I have 7 svchost.exe...

a few CLI.exe
some ati2evxx.exe
some iexplore (but I know why that is, lol)

I usually just end a lot of processes... ones that don't seem like anything good.
If my comp still runs afterwards, yay =)
If not, reboot and try again, except don't cancel the one that made it mess up, lol.
Except I was using that list for all the processes.
and I found a trojan amung one of them, lol :]



Oh, and I have 2GB ram.
but no, I don't brew a pot of coffee :[
I just log on, and do what I have to do.
Doesn't really seem to go that slow.
Even though it is only an AMD 3000+
 
some iexplore (but I know why that is, lol)

And I know why too. lol

I usually just end a lot of processes... ones that don't seem like anything good.
If my comp still runs afterwards, yay =)
If not, reboot and try again, except don't cancel the one that made it mess up, lol.

Okay. You've got balls. I don't. :P I'm afraid of trying to end anything.

Except I was using that list for all the processes.
and I found a trojan amung one of them, lol :]

I have AVG because I'm cheap. :o It has picked up trojan a couple of times. So, you actually found viruses without the help of an anti-virus program?

Oh, and I have 2GB ram.
but no, I don't brew a pot of coffee :[
I just log on, and do what I have to do.
Doesn't really seem to go that slow.
Even though it is only an AMD 3000+

I went into my computer properties. This is what it says:

256 MB of Ram.

I don't think that's probably a good thing though. :confused:
 
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I have AVG because I'm cheap. :o It has picked up trojan a couple of times. So, you actually found viruses without the help of an anti-virus program?
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Well, at least it was described as a trojan.
I'm using mcafee, I'm suprised it didn't detect it.
It was like, msrgms.exe or something.
 
I'm not a major computer person, but I've heard McAfee isn't all that good. You can download AVG free. It has worked pretty good for me so far.
 
ive use norton and avg and avast- as far as ive seen avg and avast are pretty close to the same- but both better then norton :D

as for tasks running
i ususally have from 85-95
its so sweet:D
 
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